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Surah 4. An-Nisaa', Ayah 21

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وَكَيْفَ تَأْخُذُونَهُۥ وَقَدْ أَفْضَىٰ بَعْضُكُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ وَأَخَذْنَ مِنكُم مِّيثَـٰقًا غَلِيظًا
Wakayfa takhu th oonahu waqad af da baAA d ukum il a baAA d in waakha th na minkum meeth a qan ghalee th a n
And how could you take it away after you have given yourselves to one another, and she has23 received a most solemn pledge from you?
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "they have" - the reference being to all married women.

And how could you take it back when you have enjoyed conjugal happiness and she had taken from you a firm pledge of marriage?
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And how could you take it back after having enjoyed each other intimately and she has taken from you a firm commitment?1
  - Mustafa Khattab

 i.e., the promise to live with her in kindness or divorce her with dignity.

How can ye take it (back) after one of you hath gone in unto the other, and they have taken a strong pledge from you?
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And how could ye take it when ye have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant?
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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